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“What do you do here?” he asked Wil
son.

“We write political propaganda; revolu-
tionary I suppose you would call it, but it
applies to Russia only.”

“Why didn’t you write it in Russia?”

Wilson smiled and made a deprecating
gesture with his manicured hands.

“We did. We are now exiles, refugees
you might say.”

“Leon too?”

“Yes, he came before we did. There are
ten more now on the high seas.”

Despite the most intense, and adroit
questioning, Glover could not get Wilson
to admit that he knew Leon was making
counterfeit money.

“We understood that his photography
was a hobby. We have no knowledge of
him making money here.” Wilson replied
with dignity. “We are, anarchists if you
will, but we are certainly not counterfeiters.
We know Mr. Leon had plenty of money
but he told us it came from sympathisers,
Russians, in the United States. We had no
reason to question the truth of this state-
ment.”

POLICE SEARCH FOR EQUIPMENT

The officers knew that the man spoke
the truth. They produced records to prove
that they. had only recently arrived at
Nootka from Russia and since the notes
had been circulating for almost a year they
could not posibly have been mixed up in
their manufacture. Besides, if they were
partners in the crime with Leon, where was
the outfit? It was not likely that they would
hide it simply because Leon had gone away.

Glover consulted the chart. It indicated
a spot a mile or more back in the bush. The
police left at once and began a search.

All through the day the search continued.
The outfit was not found. Two days passed;
still they were no nearer to it. It was eleven
days before Glover thrust a stick into a
pile of brush and leaves at the foot of a
huge tree. The stick encountered a hard
object. A few minutes later and Leon’s
counterfeiting plant was bared to view.

The press was a masterpiece of simplicity.
It had been specially designed and manu-
factured for its illegal work. The important
plates were there also. Glover and the ofh-

cers took possession of their find. Leon’s
personal effects were taken in charge by
Constable McLeod.

More than 1000 pieces of personal prop-
erty, ranging from hydrometers, drawing in-
struments, cameras, delicate scales and dies,
even to darkroom cloths and spotlights, were
taken by the police.

PLANNED A REVOLUTION

When Leon was brought to trial at Chi-
cago and confronted with this evidence he
gave up the fight. He revealed how he had
planned to finance a Russian revolution by
flooding the country with illegal currency.
Thus the American public were to be given
the honour of paying for the revolution!

Marneek and Leon were sentenced to ten
years each, and Swanson got five years.

Thus ended one of the most abortive
ideas ever fostered by anarchists. But for
all of that, it is safe to say that no better
spurious currency was ever put over on the
American public. It fooled almost every-
body, including Leon.

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you and Mr. Barker had been at logger-
heads for a week!”

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